Leicester City are facing a points deduction next season if they are promoted to the Premier League.
That’s the nightmare scenario awaiting the Foxes, should Enzo Maresca mastermind the club’s top-flight return, after it emerged there is an outstanding financial charge against them. Figures due to be released later this week will show that Leicester exceeded the permitted £105m losses allowed in their last three-year period before relegation.
As the club failed to protect its' top-flight status, they dropped into the Championship - outside the jurisdiction of the Premier League - and into the clutches of the English Football League. But should they return at the first time of asking, it is understood that they will not escape punishment - and they could start their first campaign back with a negative points tally.
The situation has been complicated because of the club's ongoing row with the EFL. As reported by Mirror Football, they are hoping to avoid a similar fate by selling players at the season’s end to bring their figures back inside the permitted losses allowed in the Championship.
Several of Leicester’s promotion rivals are monitoring the situation and will make representation to the authorities if they feel they have been left at a disadvantage if there has been any rule-breaking. If the Foxes do make it over the line, they are likely to be hit with a charge instantly by the Premier League.
There is a right of appeal via an independent commission but if that fails they are likely to suffer a fate similar to that of Everton who have lost six points.
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